#AFAE41#AFAE41

#AFAE41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.130 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAE41
RGB	rgb(175, 174, 65)
HSL	hsl(59, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(59, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 62.9%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.30, -13.56, 54.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.30, 55.89, 104.04°)
OKLab	oklab(73.07% -0.0418 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(73.07% 0.13 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.7705, 39.7687, 10.8972)
Luminance	0.3977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAE41 #4142AF

analogous

#AF7741 #AFAE41 #79AF41

triadic

#AFAE41 #41AFAE #AE41AF

tetradic

#AFAE41 #41AF77 #4142AF #AF4179

square

#AFAE41 #41AF77 #4142AF #AF4179

split-complementary

#AFAE41 #4179AF #7741AF

monochromatic

#565520 #828230 #AFAE41 #C6C667 #D7D693

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#AFAE41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#AFAE41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAE41

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAE41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAE41	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA733

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afae41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 174, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.130 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac57b',
    500: '#afae41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afae41;
$custom-light: #cac57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afae41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.455,
    "s": 45.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73071,
    "c": 0.13012,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAE41

secondary

#898AC2

accent

#53D552

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAE41

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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